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ArticleJournal of applied crystallography2025

Ultimate sensitivity in X-ray diffraction: angular moments versus shot noise.

Peter Modregger, Felix Wittwer, Ahmar Khaliq, Niklas Pyrlik, James A D Ball, Jan Garrevoet, Gerald Falkenberg, Alexander Liehr, Michael Stuckelberger

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9 authors.

Peter ModreggerPhysics Department, University of Siegen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2648-6403
Felix WittwerPhysics Department, University of Siegen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-1669
Ahmar KhaliqPhysics Department, University of Siegen, Germany.
Niklas PyrlikCentre for X-ray and Nano Science CXNS Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0660-8386
James A D BallESRF, The European Synchrotron, Grenoble, France.
Jan GarrevoetDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8696-0499
Gerald FalkenbergDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2229-1027
Alexander LiehrInstitute of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kassel, Germany.
Michael StuckelbergerCentre for X-ray and Nano Science CXNS Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8244-5235

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Abstract

The sensitivity towards Bragg peak parameters constitutes a crucial performance attribute of X-ray diffraction experiments. Diffraction peaks are frequently characterized by model-free angular moment analysis, which offers greater versatility compared with traditional model-based peak fitting. Here, we have theoretically determined the ultimate limit of the sensitivities of angular moments imposed by photon shot noise. These predictions have been validated by experimental data provided by three different setups. We have observed experimentally achieved sensitivities of the first moment below 1/1000th of a detector pixel and below 1 µrad. The formulae provided for the uncertainties of angular moments can now be used to rapidly determine experimentally achieved sensitivities from a single diffraction frame. Corresponding limitations (

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angular momentsBragg peak analysisphoton counting detectorsphoton shot noiseX-ray diffraction

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